Made in Britain: How times have changed: Belts instead of braces.

For the next part of my research into the Made in Britain brief I have looked into how times and modern lifestyles have changed how men dress, initially I came across this blog; out dated mens fashion

Which shows the top ten fashion's that the writer believes shouldn't be outdated. 

After looking here I began to think how braces are now worn just as a fashion accessory rather than to actually hold men's trousers up. Although this isn't a modern change I think it shows that fashion was changing even at a very early stage. 

Braces were replaced by belts in the early sixties, although nobody was in fact the initial designer of the belt, I believe it evolved from military influences due to the need of simplicity during the war. Originally a belt would be made from a animal skin and just tied in a knot. Nowadays belt buckles are just taken for granted and a male probably wouldn't buy just a tie around belt due to it not being very substantial and probably come un-tied, the buckle was originally past down though Roman generations since Roman soldiers used them to strap their armour together, showing once again how military has inspired a accessory that is now seen as a everyday staple to a man's wardrobe.

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(Belt Buckle Reference; Wikipedia. 2013. Buckle. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckle [Accessed: 9 Nov 2013].)

(Image via. Polyvore).